(Lisa Henson about her father) He admired the job of the man who walks along the road picking up trash with a long stick. He thought that guy had a great job, walking along with a stick, enjoying the road, and doing only good in the world, with hundreds of small actions.

I know I drive some people crazy with what seems like ridiculous optimism, but it has always worked for me.

Cara: *Flies* Gen: What? I don't have wings! Cara: Ofcourse not! You're a boy.

If you're doing a large, complicated character with radio controls, it might take a number of people several months to make it and if you're talking about a quick little hand puppet, it could be made in 2 days, so there's enormous range there, and no real easy generalities.

When I was a kid, I never saw a puppet show. I never played with puppets or had any interest in them.

It has always been difficult to get Big Bird to be very pretty. Big Bird in England is much more gorgeous.

At the time of Polaroid - and I did a couple of other commercials just before I stopped doing that stuff - at that point I was at the level where they respect you and your opinion and all that sort of thing.